Thursday October 11th at Pakistan House - Chand Raat

Eid Day - Namaaz at Pakistan House and Vancouver Jamia Masjid (8 am)

Sunday October 14th - Eid Milan Party at Pakistan House: Doors open at 6:30 pm, tickets are $10 per person (children 5 and under free)

Sunday August 19th will go down as a day to remember for many in the Pakistani community. The day long mela brought throngs of people to Pakistan House, many for the first time. For the first time the flags of both Pakistan and Canada were raised and flew proudly over Pakistan House and to top it off, Salman Ahmad of Junoon brought the crowd to an absolute frenzy with his energetic and patriotic music.

Thank you to everyone for attending this event and thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this event a success.

On Sunday August 19th starting at 1:00 pm on the grounds of Pakistan House, Pakistan-Canada Association will be organizing a free outdoor Mela for all to enjoy. Food, clothing, jewellery, mehndi and much more will be available. Over 20 stalls will be setup outside Pakistan House (12059 88th Avenue, Surrey) and will be running throughout the day as part of Pakistan-Canada Association’s Independence Day celebration. In the evening inside Pakistan House, our very special guest and friend, Salman Ahmed (from the legendary Pakistani band Junoon) will be here to perform for us and join PCA in celebrating Pakistan’s 60 years of Independence. Tickets for this tremendous musical event are only $10 per person. More information can be found by calling Farrukh Alam at 604-276-2999 or Raza Mirani at 778-859-9469.

If you would like to book a stall for our outdoor Mela or would like to help volunteer at our event please call Farrukh Alam by Wednesday August 15th or e-mail us directly at info@pakcan.com.

Pakistan-Canada Association is pleased to invite you to attend our Annual Canada Day Celebration and Picnic. The event will be held on Sunday July 1st at King George Park in Richmond (Cambie and No. 5 Road). The start time will be 11:00 am. A potluck table will be setup for guests to bring a dish to share. Chicken and burgers will be provided by Pakistan-Canada Association. Games and sporting events will be organized for all ages and new this year will be a ‘6-a-side Cricket Tournament.’ If you are interested in joining our cricket tournament and have 5 other players to join you please contact Mr. Intekhab Ahmed at 604-502-9984. Come out and kick off the summer in grand fashion. For more information contact Farrukh Alam at 604-276-2999 or Mr. Jamil Chaudhry at 604-251-3717.

At 11:30 am on May 6th Pakistan-Canada Association held its Annual General Body Meeting at Vancouver Jamia Masjid. Outgoing President Raza Mirani chaired the meeting and welcomed everyone in attendance and thanked everyone for their hardwork and support during the past year. Election Committee member, Mr. Mumtaz Rana announced the following election results (all individuals were elected without opposition):

President: Farrukh Alam
Vice President: Syed Zakir Bokhari
General Secretary: Imran Gehlen
Treasurer: Raza Mirani
Director of Public Relations: Liaqat Bajwa
Directors: Malik Arfan, Tarik Kiani, Saqib Khan, Intekhab Ahmed

For the Islamic Trust the following trustees were elected: Sabir Pannun, Salim Karim, Jamil Chaudhry, Ihsan Malik and Haroon Khan.

The 2006-2007 Financial Statements were read and explained by Mr. Sabir Pannun and Mr. Raza Mirani. The statements were discussed in great detail with all members questions being answered.

A special item for this meeting was discussion of the Pakistan House Working Committee. It was agreed that the committee be reconstituted and given a new mandate to carry out their responsibilities in seeing this project through to completion. It was also agreed that funds be made available to carry out much needed renovations and purchase of tables and chairs to make Pakistan House a living, breathing, fully functional place for all Pakistanis to enjoy.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 pm.

Pakistan-Canada Association is pleased to announce a Celebration of Pakistan’s Republic Day will be held at Pakistan House on Sunday March 25th at 7:00 pm. Dinner and entertainment will be provided. Tickets are $10 per person with proceeds going towards Pakistan House. Please contact the following individuals for more information:

Farrukh Alam – 604-276-2999
Tarik Kiani – 604-722-9378
Liaqat Bajwa – 604-537-8499
Malik Irfan – 604-543-2680

PCA’s Eid Milan Fundraising Dinner, held on Saturday Jan 13th, yielded $10,000 in cash and pledges from the 300+ crowd in attendance. A huge thanks to all who attended and all who donated. A special thanks to Calgary Sweets and Pak Punjab for donating the wonderfully delicious food and to the Alam Family for donating the tables and chairs. Haji Noomani was our guest speaker and speak he did, with ease, inspiration and encouragement. Thank you to everyone who donated their time to make this event a success and to everyone who stayed late to help clean-up. Pakistan House is definitely up and running and we couldn’t be happier. See you all at our next event, Republic Day 2007!

Saturday Jan 13th, Pakistan-Canada Association has organized a ‘by donation’ Eid-Milan Dinner. The event starts at 6:30 pm at our newly acquired community center, located at 12059 88th Avenue, Surrey. All proceeds will go towards the continued development of the community center project.

As a reminder of our notice posted on October 26th our Eid Milan Dinner scheduled for Oct 29 and then tentatively scheduled for Nov 25 has been cancelled due to renovation delays. Please visit this site to stay uptodate on the status of our renovations and on upcoming events.